Context: The pandemic experience has shown that India needs to make public health a central focus. Covid has also shifted the policy dialogue from health budgets and medical colleges towards much-needed and badly-delayed institutional reform. It is heartening to note that the Ministry of Health has issued guidelines to states to establish a public health… Continue reading K. Sujatha Rao writes: Healthcare in India is ailing. Here is how to fix it
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Safe foods: On the need to develop lab infrastructure in States
News: The 4th State Food Safety Index was released recently. Tamil Nadu deserves credit for finishing at the top among 17 large States for food safety; it was ranked third in the previous edition of the State Food Safety Index. How have the Southern states fared in the index? Except Tamil Nadu, there’s nothing for… Continue reading Safe foods: On the need to develop lab infrastructure in States
RBI’s decisive policy move will help impart stability to markets
News: Recently, the Reserve Bank of India has hiked the policy repo rate by 50 basis points with a unanimous vote for a decisive rate increase, to rein in inflationary pressures which are likely to go beyond the mandated tolerance level. What are the causes of high inflation? There is a new ‘globalized inflation’ concept,… Continue reading RBI’s decisive policy move will help impart stability to markets
Dealing with the Indo-Pacific is not easy
News: Recently, the U.S. President Joseph Biden made a five-day visit to Asian countries. What are the ongoing challenges? The Indo-Pacific region has been under pressure and East Asia, in particular, For example, China challenges international maritime laws in the South China Sea. It also confronts Japan over the Senkaku Islands. South Korea and Japan… Continue reading Dealing with the Indo-Pacific is not easy
It is a bumping-off of the rule of law too
News: Recently, the commission of inquiry on the Hyderabad fake encounter 2019 has submitted its report. Present Case In 2019, a veterinary doctor was gang-raped by four youth and then murdered her and burnt her body on the outskirts of Hyderabad near Shamsabad. The Commission’s findings The killing of the youths was a pre-meditated cold-blooded… Continue reading It is a bumping-off of the rule of law too
Vicious domestic politics, foreign policy shocks
News: Recently, India has faced unprecedented diplomatic backlash over the derogatory remarks made by the political leaders against Islam What has been India’s foreign policy with respect to the Middle East? India has been trying to build good relationship with the Muslim-majority states in the West Asian region, despite the growing anti-Muslim sentiments in the… Continue reading Vicious domestic politics, foreign policy shocks
WTO rules on foodgrains must be updated
News: About 60 countries, including India and China, have pushed for a joint proposal for consideration of several WTO rules. The proposal was pushed at the upcoming 12th ministerial summit of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The proposal has been moved to solve some of the contentious issues linked to, food stockholding, agricultural subsidies, international… Continue reading WTO rules on foodgrains must be updated
Look at per capita: on Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022 report
News: Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022 was released recently. Recently, Environmental Performance Index 2022 ranked India at the bottom of 180 countries. The findings of the index are not accurate. EPI does not generally accept information directly from governments. Data is used from multiple sources, including government data. Thus, the ranking does not accurately reflect India’s… Continue reading Look at per capita: on Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022 report
Crime and copyright infringement
News: The Supreme Court of India, in Knit Pro International v. The State of NCT has ruled that the copyright infringement is a cognisable offence under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973. Legal framework for copyright in India The Indian Copyright Act makes a distinction between commercial and non-commercial infringement. It allows the courts… Continue reading Crime and copyright infringement
Of what good is a bad bank?
News: Union Finance Minister recently announced that the National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL) along with the India Debt Resolution Company (IDRCL) will take over the first set of bad loans from banks and try to resolve them. The decision to set up a bad bank was taken by the Union government during the Budget presented… Continue reading Of what good is a bad bank?
